Suzanne Vega announces New Zealand tour

US
singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega makes a
long-awaited return to New Zealand this August, with
concerts in Auckland and Wellington.Tour dates for
Suzanne Vega’s first New Zealand shows in 25 years are as
follows:

Tuesday 7 August at Bruce Mason
Centre,Takapuna, AucklandWednesday
8 August at the Opera
House,Wellington

Tickets for both shows are
available from Ticketmaster.co.nz - pre-sale
9amWednesday 13 June, general sale 9am
Thursday 14 June. The tour is proudly presented by
Plus1 and Newstalk
ZB.In New Zealand, Suzanne Vega and her
acclaimed guitarist Gerry Leonard will
perform songs from throughout her career. Her songs have
connected strongly with New Zealanders over the years,
earning her major chart success here with the likes of Luka, Solitude Standing, Tom’s Diner (with DNA), and Blood Make Noise.

New
York’s Suzanne Vega emerged as a leading figure of the
folk-music revival in the early 1980s. From her self-titled
1985 to today, she has sold over seven million albums and
has been nominated for seven Grammy
awards.Her Solitude Standing
album was No. 1 in New Zealand and features the hits -
Tom's Diner (a beautiful acapella track,
subsequently re-released with DNA), and
Luka - a haunting folk-pop classic written
from the perspective of an abused child.Vega has
continued to musically evolve and explore. She has now
released nine studio albums, her most recent being 2016’s
Lover, Beloved: Songs from an Evening with Carson
McCullers – the music from her play about the
enigmatic author McCullers. These songs were co-written with
Tony-winning composer Duncan Sheik. In the
play Vega performed the leading role - seamlessly moving
between spoken word and song.

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